Ginger’s Attic Painting & Distressing Workshop is scheduled for Saturday, August 16, 2014 from 9:00am – 12:30pm.  Reserve your spot now at gingersatticla@gmail.com.  The cost is $50 and this includes your materials to do your item, drinks, and refreshments.  See website pages for more information and pictures of past workshops.  Come have some fun while learning how to make your own chalk paint and painting and distressing techniques.  Learn how to turn old worn out furniture into a treasured piece!

Before Pics of chairs: a couple of the chairs had some bad places that had to be sanded and some screws had to be replaced to make them sturdier.

After Pics of Chairs: They were painted with green chalk paint, distressed, and clear waxed.  The seat covers were replaced with a pretty green, blue, and  brown fabric.

These chairs were given to me by a friend that found out I love to redo furniture. I think they came out really updated and fresh looking. That is what is amazing with painting and distressing. You can give a new life to something that was going to be trashed. These have SOLD!

I bought this table at an auction a long time ago. It went through some hard times – a broken leg, then a lost broken leg but finally it got refurbished this week. I found reproduction vintage postcards of Hawaii while on my vacation there and decided to decoupage them on this table. I couldn’t find the before picture of the table but it was an olive green color when I bought it. I painted it a light gold, distressed it and decoupaged the postcards on top, and antique glazed the whole piece. I tried something new from the advise of my artist friend, Amy Turner. I tore the edges of the postcards to make them look truly old and it also works well with soaking up the antiquing glaze. Then I brought the table over to the Glass House and got a piece of glass made for the top. I am going to use this at my house and it will be a great reminder of our wonderful trip to Hawaii. I do plan to put a polycrylic coat on it to seal it.

My Hawaii table finished

This shows the postcards better but it was before it was antiqued.

Baby doll cradle

Featured project of the week:

I had this old baby doll bed that I had in my classroom for many years.  It’s been in my workshop for a while and finally got around to doing it this week. I painted it a light pink, stenciled some decorations on it, distressed it, and then clear waxed it. I also made a new cover for the mat and added a pillow and blanket that I bought recently. I think this would make a cute addition to any little girl’s room. It is for sale in my shop for $45.

Ginger’s Attic Painting & Distressing Workshop scheduled for Saturday, July 12. Reserve your spot now. Space is limited!

Be sure to look at my website for updated pictures of workshops, items for sale, and before and after pictures of projects. Thanks for looking and sharing!

I am having a workshop this Saturday at 8:30am. I have 2 spots open. Send me a message through facebook if you are interested. If you know of someone who may be interested send them this link. The information on the workshop is on the website. Thanks!

Please check out my new website for “Ginger’s Attic”  My daughter, Amy, helped me get it started.  You can view items for sale in my shop and find out information on my workshops.  I will continually update information on it.  I’m excited about being able to reach more people through this website and will be able to keep in touch with my clients and book workshops.  I would appreciate you viewing my pages and giving me feedback and also sharing this website with your friends.